Mary Willis Walker Books in Order

Facing foreclosure, Katherine Driscoll accepts an unexpected offer from her estranged father. His sudden death in Austin leaves cryptic notes and troubling questions, sending Katherine into illicit dealings and family secrets as she investigates a possible murder.

Reporter Molly Cates has built her reputation on a book about condemned killer Louie Bronk. As his execution approaches, doubts about one victim’s death threaten her work and draw her into a dangerous investigation involving a wealthy Texas family.

A fanatical cult leader holds eleven schoolchildren and their bus driver underground in Texas. Reporter Molly Cates draws on her earlier contact with him to seek a breakthrough as the hostages’ ordeal approaches a deadly deadline.

New evidence revives Molly Cates’s belief that her father was murdered rather than dying by suicide. Meanwhile, a homeless woman’s warning about a plot against the Texas legislature draws the reporter toward another potentially catastrophic crime.